The Lies That Bind

by Emily Giffin

At the end of the day, you just want to be happy and fulfilled and sometimes it’s hard to know what that looks like.”

Maybe all relationship journeys are messy and complicated in one way or another, products of two flawed people coming together to form a flawed but, one hopes, stronger union. Maybe the only people who don’t have any reservations amid a marriage proposal are delusional about love—and therefore destined to be disillusioned later in life when things get tough.

We may not get do-overs in life, but we can always have fresh starts and new beginnings.

always follow your heart, but never stop listening to your head, either.

began to learn that the world treats you the way you demand to be treated.